Amicus Brief: Chamber of Commerce v. CFPB Amicus Brief filed

Americans for Financial Reform recently joined Democracy Forward and several consumer protection organizations in an amicus brief in Chamber of Commerce v. CFPB, which was filed in the 5th Circuit in August 2024. This brief supports the CFPB’s 2022 clarification in its Supervision and Examination Manual that “discriminatory acts or practices” in the provision of […]

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Letters to the Regulators: Letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Urging Adoption of a Strong Personal Financial Data Rights Rule

View or download a PDF of the letter here Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund led 25 organizations in signing on to a letter calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to finalize and strengthen a proposed rule that would address a number of The post Letters to the Regulators: Letter to the Consumer […]

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Letters to Regulators: Letter Supporting CFPB Safe Harbor for Credit Card Late Fees

AFREF joined a comment letter that strongly supports the CFPB’s proposed safe harbor of $8 for credit card late fees. The CFPB provided ample evidence that this amount is fair, reasonable, and proportional to the costs incurred by issuers for late payments. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter Supporting CFPB Safe Harbor for Credit Card […]

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Letters to Regulators: Letter to the CFPB on Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders

AFREF joined a comment to the CFPB supporting the Bureau’s proposal to require nonbank covered persons that are subject to certain agency and court orders to register those orders with the CFPB. The registry will help the CFPB, law enforcement community, and the public limit the harms from repeat offenders. The post Letters to Regulators: […]

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Letters to Regulators: Letters to the IRS and Treasury and the CFPB on Medical Debt

 AFREF joined two letters – one to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Treasury, and one to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – urging the Biden-Harris Administration to do more to relieve medical debt for tens of millions of people. The letters, signed by more than 60 organizations, include specific executive actions the administration can […]

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Letters to Regulators: Letter to the CFPB Requesting Rulemaking to Ban Medical Debt from Credit Reports

AFREF joined 91 coalition partners in sending a letter to the CFPB in support of banning all medical debt from consumer credit reports. The letter asks the CFPB to take a step further and address this issue by beginning the rulemaking process to ban medical for medically necessary services. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter […]

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Letters to Regulators: Letter in Response to CFPB NPRM Regarding the Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking

AFREF joined a letter in response to the CFPB’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human Trafficking. The post Letters to Regulators: Letter in Response to CFPB NPRM Regarding the Prohibition on Inclusion of Adverse Information in Consumer Reporting in Cases of Human […]

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